Elected to membership in the American Bandmasters Association. D.M.A., University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music; M.M., B.M., East Carolina University. Former director of bands at Campbell University, Buies Creek, N.C. Doctoral conducting associate at University of Cincinnati as conducting student of Eugene Corporon. At Cincinnati, performed on two critically acclaimed compact disc recordings, Made in America and Hearts Music. Extensive public school experience has included teaching instrumental music in Rocky Mount, N.C., where his marching band won Marching Bands of America Grand National Championship three times.